CASH FOR CHRISTMAS Alexandra Thorne found it difficult to keep the family farm going while raising her two small children, alone. Ever since the untimely death of her husband, there always seemed to be a shortage-a shortage of food, a shortage of warm clothing, never enough money, and a shortage of time. Gone were the days when she could play leisurely with her daughter. No longer was there sufficient time to teach her son all the things he needed to know as he grew into a man. Up long before dawn, and always the last one to turn in, Alexandra feared she was fighting a hopeless battle, with...

Dr. Blake Donovan couldn't keep his eyes from straying to the ravishing brunette working in the garden. With her straw bonnet sitting slightly askew on her head, allowing her long, shining curls to fall gracefully around her shoulders, he found her to be totally captivating. The young woman was tall and slender, with feminine curves in all the right places-and he knew she wasn't the least bit interested in him or any other man. Miss Emily Louise Falkenrath was 23 years old, and carried a very large chip on her delicate shoulders. She knew how cruel and dangerous men could be . . .even men...

Vernon Gunn liked his life. He was an Arizona Ranger and proud of it. It was all he ever wanted to be. No outlaw, no matter who they were or how dangerous, would slip through his hands. He figured his life would be just about perfect if it wasn't for a damnable, opinionated, and clumsy young woman bent on making him miserable. The hell of it was, he couldn't get her out of his thoughts or his dreams. She was soft in all the right places and so lovely to look at; she hurt his eyes. She was the type of woman that made a man yearn for more than a desk and a tin star. Beth was blonde, beautiful ....